FREE CLINIC GROWS UP
$1 million gift gives Andes Clinic a permanent home
IT’S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE DOCTORS started a full-fledged volunteer medical clinic and pharmacy in Port Charlotte — an offshoot of an earlier nonprofit that helped provide medicine for the needy. Full Story
FCAT scores plummet — many wonder what to do
Preliminary grades on a ramped up statewide writing assessment are so bad that state education officials said Monday they will hold an emergency meeting Tuesday to figure out what to do next. Full Story
Games of chance
Casinos, racetracks and penny arcades vie for gamblers’ money
AN ATLANTA-BASED DEVELOPER AND THE owners of the Naples-Fort Myers Greyhound Racing & Poker hope to prod state lawmakers into expanding gambling in Lee County — a move Izzy Havenick says will help the landmark dog track win back business from the penny arcades and so-called Internet cafes that have sprung up in strip malls throughout the Southwest Florida area in recent years. Full Story
It’s Your Business…the ugly business of cold calling
I once had a hotel sales executive inform me that her sales manager told her she needed to get out and make more cold calls. My response was, “Yeah, so he doesn’t have to go out and make them himself.” Most people in sales, unless they are the most people-friendly folks in the world, hate making cold calls. Full Story
What $425,000 will buy in Southwest Florida
26010 MORTON AVE., BONITA SPRINGS Enjoy country living at its finest in this residence, located on a fenced corner lot of nearly 5 acres. Full Story
Flood insurance will cost more after October
The National Flood Insurance Program will charge homeowners more for coverage after Oct. 1.
Officials say flood premiums will go up an average 5 percent nationwide, but they could rise as much as 20 percent in some areas while as other premiums go down. NFIP will also disallow rebates. Full Story
IMAGINARY STREET SCENES
Michelle Weinberg’s “architecture as theater” depicts where human drama happens
BLOCK BY BLOCK, MICHELLE WEINBERG is creating her own imaginary city.
She paints scenes of city streets: buildings, walls, billboards, gardens, courtyards and cul de sacs, all in bright colors and dizzying patterns that seem as if they should clash, but don’t. Full Story
Ready, set, Monet: Artists plan the next Fine Arts Fest run
His artwork defined the art genre of French Impressionism. And whether you possess an encyclopedic knowledge of his work or know nothing at all of art history, the work of Claude Monet (1840-1926) is immediately familiar.
This year, the Visual Arts Center in Punta Gorda will surround itself in the work of Monet as it embarks on its ninth annual Fine Arts Festival. Full Story
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